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“I have to tell you I feel entirely different than when I walked in, both physically and affectively. I have to take my grandson to his science fair tomorrow and I was concerned about funding the energy to do that. Problem solved! I’m feeling cheerful and upbeat with much more energy. I am so grateful for your skill and your willingness to develop and share it. Thank you!” – Judith R., student

“Alex has a sound understanding of the principles of the Alexander Technique, and I find a rare sensitivity in his hands.” – Rome Roberts Earle, who began her training as an Alexander teacher with F.M. Alexander himself in the early 1950’s, and has over 60 years of experience with the Technique.

What is the Alexander Technique?

The Alexander Technique can most succinctly described as embodied mindfulness. It is a way of paying attention to ourselves which results in replacing old habits and inaccurate kinesthetic perceptions with new, more accurate and more constructive ones.

The Alexander Technique is not a therapy or a treatment – it’s about YOU acquiring and developing the skills you need to use your body more comfortably and efficiently, in accordance with your body’s natural design. Anyone, regardless of age or physical condition, can benefit from applying it. Back and neck pains can be eased or eliminated, circulation and breathing can improve, and unnecessary pressure on joints can be relieved. Our bodies have an amazing capacity to repair and rebalance themselves if we will allow them to.

There are NO difficult exercises or movement sequences, and there is NO painful manipulation – the Alexander Technique is both incredibly effective and very gentle.

What can the Alexander Technique offer you?

Relief of neck, back, muscular and joint pain

Improvements in posture, breathing and circulation

Greater freedom of expression for musicians, actors and artists

Improved balance and comfort to anyone, of any age

Freedom from destructive habits, both physical and mental

My name is Alex Watts. I began having lessons in the Alexander Technique in 1990, and was certified to teach the Technique in 2010. I am a member of AmSAT, the American Society for the Alexander Technique, and ATE, Alexander Technique Education. I teach in the University Heights neighborhood of San Diego, just north of downtown.

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Famous Alexander Students

John Cleese: “I find the Alexander Technique very helpful in my work. Things happen without you trying. They get to be light and relaxed. You must get an Alexander teacher to show it to you.”

William Hurt: “The Alexander Technique has helped me to undo knots, unblock energy and deal with almost paralysing stage fright.”

Kevin Kline: “The Technique’s many benefits for actors include minimized tension, centredness, vocal relaxation, responsiveness, mind/body connection and about an inch and a half of additional height.”

Aldous Huxley: “The Alexander Technique gives us all the things we have been looking for in a system of physical education; relief from strain due to maladjustment and consequent improvement in physical and mental health; and along with this a heightening of consciousness on all levels. We cannot ask more from any system; nor, if we seriously desire to alter human beings in a desirable direction, can we ask any less.”

Nicholas Tinbergen, 1973 Nobel Prize in Medicine: “I recommend the Alexander Technique as an extremely sophisticated form of rehabilitation. From personal experience we can already confirm some of the seemingly fantastic claims made by Alexander and his followers – namely that many types of under-performance and even ailments, both mental and physical, can be alleviated, sometimes to a surprising degree, by teaching the body musculature to function differently. We already notice, with growing amazement, very striking improvements in such diverse things as high blood pressure, breathing, depth of sleep, overall cheerfulness and mental alertness, resilience against outside pressures and in such a refined skill as playing a musical instrument.”